Hood catch



Get. 24, 1933.

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Patented Get. 24, 1933 I I HOOD CATCH Raymond G. Moore, Bridgeport, 001111., assignor to The Bassick Company, Bridgeport, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application April 30, 1929. SerialNo. 359,355 2 Claims. (01. 292 11a) The present invention relates to improvements fl p The p 11 is hihgeies 311119, 1, in hood catches, particularly of the type having, Otherwise Suitably mounted at i lower edgeconcealed latching means interiorly of the hood, In the Present u ted e ime t t hood and an exteriorly positioned operating handle or catch barrel and Operating means is mounted o 5 crank. An objectof the invention is to provide the lower flap While the keeper bracket is a catch of this character having toggle means ,mollnied 011 the upper fi p- It Will b underadapted to be operated to connect and discon- Stood, Of Course, that e Catch is pt d nect the catch without the necessity for manually other Suitable and Obvious arrangementspositioning or engaging the cooperating parts of Upon the inner Side of the flap 11 there is 0 the catch, and further to provide an operating cureda plate 12, providednear its lower edge handle which maybe operated to connector diswith flangedbearing having a threadedconnect the catch, merely by turning the same Crank bearing portionsextnding the Outer in one or the other direction. Another object is side of the, hood through apertures i the Plate to provide a Catch which will be held against and hood, and upon which a nut 14 is screwed at 15 rattling and looseness in both the connected and the r sick of the h t0 Secure the bearing. unconnected relation. Another object is to proin m A Crank Shaft 15 is engaged in vide a catch which will adjust itself to variations bearing and is provided at its .outer end w th in the fit and dimensions of the hood structure, an operaileg a crank arm being and which will compensate for the warping and formed its Inner and having an mwardly .30 Weaving movements of themhood Structure set extending ball-ended extension 18 formed at up through movement and Vibration of its lower end, which has a universal connection hick with the lower end or" the hood catch barrel, as

A still further object is to provide a catch Wm presemly ,more mHYaPPeaY- j which will when disengaged automatically posi- The cbylmdrlcal i g is gge mwardlyat V 25 tion itself in non-interfering relation to the hood, 1 S end a at l 5 lower n 15 so that the latter maybe raised, vertically withi g i t f i r g g. cap

I iscapaso av nga aerayexen 1ng pas: 2:5 e necesslty, OI mguallymslmtmg the sage 22, through which the portion 18 of the With the above and other objects in View an Crank arm is gxtended" and asocket 23 in which an embodiment of the invention is shown in'the acthe i 1S engaged j pas-sage 221s- Iof companying drawings and this embodiment will such mama-e; asvjo perm; 3m ft ball be hereinafter more fully described with referthelower t of the barrel Whlcnjls ence thereto, and the invention will be finally ihereup"? Screwed m spcket extending pointed out in the claims across this passage and retaining the ball end v .35 In the drawings: t in place a Fig 1 is a side elevat on of a hood catch ac The mung? rod 24d1S prteferably o a ene cross-sec ion, an ex ends g i g f g g giiitfg wg gfg g g i g t fig through a correspondingly shaped aperture in y y g the upper flanged end of the barrel, being pro- 46 in the connected orv operative positiohvided within the barrel with a washer 25, secured Fig. 2 1s a front elevatlon from the interior of by-vepinching the rod, as at 26, a Spring 27 being engaged about the plunger between the washer Fig. 3 1s a side elevation, and showing the a the upper end of the barrel 7 r catcjnm l i e j q I The upper portion of the plunger loosely ex- 45 mg 4 1s u and Showmg tends through an aperture 28 provided in an in- 0 the unconnected relationwardly bent flange portion 29 of the plate 12,

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the drawings. Th plunger rod is angularly bent, as at 30, to

5 Referring the drawings, the invent-i011 15 P form a cam ming portion for bringing the upper tielllarly adapted I use With 0dS in W ich hooked end 31 into and out of relation with the each side of the same comprises an upper cover keeper bracket 32, secured to the upper flap 1o, flap 10, suitably mounted over-theengine, and a the hook end being entirely clear of the keeper lower side closure flap 11, having its upper edge in the disengaged relation so that the upper flap 55 overlapped and abutting-the lower edge of the may be lifted vertically without interference with 10 the hook end. One end of the aperture 28 is at an angle to accommodate the camming portion 30, and for this purpose the end of the flange 29 is bent downwardly, thus bringing the end of the slot 28 into angular relation. The keeper bracket is preferably in the form of a U having its transverse portion bent away from the hood surface, the transverse portion being also relatively long to permit of some latitude in the engagement of the hook end of the plunger therewith.

At one side of the plate 12 there is formed a stop flange 33, disposed in the path of the crank arm at one side of the vertical line thereof, and serves to retain the parts in operative position, and as will be more particularly pointed out in the following description of the operation.

The operation is as follows:

With the parts in their normal operative position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the force of the spring 27 exerts a downward pull upon the upper flap 10 through the hooked engagement therewith of the plunger rod, upon which a downward pull is exerted by the spring, the spring also exerting an upward pull upon the barrel and crank arm, which latter is engaged with the stop flange 33 in a position at one side of the vertical line, so that the hood flaps are firmly held in closed position.

In order to disengage the catch, the handle is turned to move the crank arm downwardly away from the stop lug to a point at the other side of the vertical line, whereupon the spring pulls the barrel and crank upwardly to the point where the lower end of the plunger rod frictionally abuts against the ball end of the crank. In this relation the hook end of the plunger rod is swung upwardly and inwardly by the camming portion so that it is disengaged from the keeper bracket, permitting vertical separating movement of the flap 10 and outward swinging movement of the flap 10. In this position, the crank rests against the flange 33, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, being held by the friction exerted by the plunger upon the ball-end under pressure of the spring, the lower end of the plunger being preferably curved, as at 3:1, to have snug surface engagement with the ball end.

.The catch is engaged by first positioning the hood flaps in their closed relation with the keeper bracket, beneath the hook end, and thereupon swinging the crank arm downwardly and past the vertical line, whereupon the upward force of the spring forces it against thestop lug;

The barrel and plunger are arranged at an inclined angle with respect to the flap 11, so that in addition to the downward pull upon the upper flap 10, the catch also exerts an inward pull, drawing the overlapping edges of the flaps snugly against each other to prevent looseness and rattling. The universal ball-joint connection of the crank with the lower end of the barrel permits of the change in the angle of the barrel which takes place as the crank is rotated to connect or disconnect the catch.

I have illustrated and described a preferred and satisfactory embodiment of the invention, but it will be obvious that changes may be made there in, within the spirit and scope thereof, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. In a hood catch, a latching member comprising spring actuated plunger means, toggle means connected thereto having a ball end, and keeper means adapted to be connected and disconnected with respect to said plunger means through actuation of said toggle means, said plunger means having a socket end adapted to have frictional engagement with said ball end of said toggle means under the pressure of its spring to resist relative movement between them in any position of disengagement from said keeper means.

2. In a hood catch, keeper means, latching I through said reciprocatory movement to move said guided end transversely to the plane of r0- tation of said universally connected end and in a diagonal line toward and away from said keeper means, said keeper means adapted to be connected and disconnected with respect to said latching means through said reciprocatory movement and said transverse movement, said keeper means being vertically clear of the path of said latching means in said moved away position.

RAYMOND G. MOORE. 

